[Bps-public-commit] RT-Client-CLI branch, master, created. e894992e8631a73d7b47e10bcd1f8845e8aad295

Thomas Sibley trs at bestpractical.com
Wed May 29 14:24:55 EDT 2013


The branch, master has been created
        at  e894992e8631a73d7b47e10bcd1f8845e8aad295 (commit)

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commit 5d982e9b8d1c7722402d8964be3ae24c24c7b6f6
Author: Thomas Sibley <trs at bestpractical.com>
Date:   Wed May 29 10:13:31 2013 -0700

    Initial skeleton and description via milla

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d812ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+/RT-Client-CLI-*
+/.build
+/_build*
+/Build
+MYMETA.*
+!META.json
diff --git a/Build.PL b/Build.PL
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..abfbb2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Build.PL
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+use 5.008005;
+use Module::Build::Tiny 0.017;
+Build_PL();
diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..48d345c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Changes
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Revision history for RT-Client-CLI
+
+{{$NEXT}}
+        - Initial release
diff --git a/META.json b/META.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..10ab38b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/META.json
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+{
+   "abstract" : "Provides the official rt command line client",
+   "author" : [
+      "Thomas Sibley <trs at bestpractical.com>"
+   ],
+   "dynamic_config" : 0,
+   "generated_by" : "Dist::Milla version v1.0.1, Dist::Zilla version 4.300032, CPAN::Meta::Converter version 2.130880",
+   "license" : [
+      "perl_5"
+   ],
+   "meta-spec" : {
+      "url" : "http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?CPAN::Meta::Spec",
+      "version" : "2"
+   },
+   "name" : "RT-Client-CLI",
+   "no_index" : {
+      "directory" : [
+         "t",
+         "xt",
+         "inc",
+         "share",
+         "eg",
+         "examples"
+      ]
+   },
+   "prereqs" : {
+      "configure" : {
+         "requires" : {
+            "Module::Build::Tiny" : "0.017"
+         }
+      },
+      "develop" : {
+         "requires" : {
+            "Test::Pod" : "1.41"
+         }
+      },
+      "runtime" : {
+         "requires" : {
+            "perl" : "5.008005"
+         }
+      },
+      "test" : {
+         "requires" : {
+            "Test::More" : "0.88"
+         }
+      }
+   },
+   "release_status" : "stable",
+   "resources" : {
+      "bugtracker" : {
+         "mailto" : "bug-RT-Client-CLI at rt.cpan.org",
+         "web" : "https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=RT-Client-CLI"
+      },
+      "homepage" : "https://metacpan.org/module/RT-Client-CLI",
+      "repository" : {
+         "type" : "git",
+         "url" : "git://github.com/bestpractical/rt-client-cli.git",
+         "web" : "https://github.com/bestpractical/rt-client-cli"
+      }
+   },
+   "version" : "4.0.13"
+}
+
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3f03d13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# NAME
+
+RT::Client::CLI - Provides the official rt command line client
+
+# SYNOPSIS
+
+See [rt](http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?rt).
+
+# DESCRIPTION
+
+RT::Client::CLI is a CPAN-ready package for the [rt](http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?rt) command-line program
+that interacts with [RT](https://bestpractical.com/rt).
+
+No code is changed from the program shipped with RT.  This is just an easy-to-
+install package when you want the [rt](http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?rt) program on another computer.
+
+The version of this package is kept in lockstep with the corresponding RT
+version from which the included [rt](http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?rt) was extracted.
+
+# AUTHOR
+
+Thomas Sibley <trs at bestpractical.com>
+
+# COPYRIGHT
+
+Copyright 2013- Best Practical Solutions, LLC
+
+# LICENSE
+
+This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the same terms as Perl itself.
+
+# SEE ALSO
+
+[RT](https://bestpractical.com/rt),
+[bin/rt source](https://github.com/bestpractical/rt/blob/stable/bin/rt.in)
diff --git a/cpanfile b/cpanfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c27bb4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cpanfile
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+requires 'perl', '5.008005';
+
+# requires 'Some::Module', 'VERSION';
+
+on test => sub {
+    requires 'Test::More', '0.88';
+};
diff --git a/dist.ini b/dist.ini
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd6b938
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[@Milla]
+
+name = Dist-Zilla-Plugin-AutoMetaResources
+
+[AutoMetaResources]
+bugtracker.rt      = 1
+repository.github  = user:bestpractical
+homepage           = https://metacpan.org/module/%{dist}
diff --git a/lib/RT/Client/CLI.pm b/lib/RT/Client/CLI.pm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bcfd682
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/RT/Client/CLI.pm
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+package RT::Client::CLI;
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use 5.008_005;
+our $VERSION = '4.0.13';
+
+1;
+__END__
+
+=encoding utf-8
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+RT::Client::CLI - Provides the official rt command line client
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+See L<rt>.
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+RT::Client::CLI is a CPAN-ready package for the L<rt> command-line program
+that interacts with L<RT|https://bestpractical.com/rt>.
+
+No code is changed from the program shipped with RT.  This is just an easy-to-
+install package when you want the L<rt> program on another computer.
+
+The version of this package is kept in lockstep with the corresponding RT
+version from which the included L<rt> was extracted.
+
+=head1 AUTHOR
+
+Thomas Sibley E<lt>trs at bestpractical.comE<gt>
+
+=head1 COPYRIGHT
+
+Copyright 2013- Best Practical Solutions, LLC
+
+=head1 LICENSE
+
+This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the same terms as Perl itself.
+
+=head1 SEE ALSO
+
+L<RT|https://bestpractical.com/rt>,
+L<bin/rt source|https://github.com/bestpractical/rt/blob/stable/bin/rt.in>
+
+=cut
diff --git a/t/basic.t b/t/basic.t
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..104fac3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/basic.t
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+use strict;
+use Test::More;
+use RT::Client::CLI;
+
+# replace with the actual test
+ok 1;
+
+done_testing;

commit 48cbf103acc20e0e157978c62514ff32d23bf47c
Author: Thomas Sibley <trs at bestpractical.com>
Date:   Wed May 29 10:30:20 2013 -0700

    Import the actual program and write a basic test to make sure it works

diff --git a/META.json b/META.json
index 10ab38b..1ec2775 100644
--- a/META.json
+++ b/META.json
@@ -23,6 +23,19 @@
          "examples"
       ]
    },
+   "optional_features" : {
+      "httpauth" : {
+         "description" : "HTTP basic authentication support",
+         "prereqs" : {
+            "runtime" : {
+               "requires" : {
+                  "GSSAPI" : "0",
+                  "LWP::Authen::Negotiate" : "0"
+               }
+            }
+         }
+      }
+   },
    "prereqs" : {
       "configure" : {
          "requires" : {
@@ -36,6 +49,16 @@
       },
       "runtime" : {
          "requires" : {
+            "Cwd" : "0",
+            "File::Temp" : "0",
+            "HTTP::Headers" : "0",
+            "HTTP::Request::Common" : "0",
+            "LWP" : "0",
+            "Pod::Usage" : "0",
+            "Term::ReadKey" : "0",
+            "Term::ReadLine" : "0",
+            "Text::ParseWords" : "0",
+            "Time::Local" : "0",
             "perl" : "5.008005"
          }
       },
@@ -58,6 +81,9 @@
          "web" : "https://github.com/bestpractical/rt-client-cli"
       }
    },
-   "version" : "4.0.13"
+   "version" : "4.0.13",
+   "x_contributors" : [
+      "Thomas Sibley <trs at bestpractical.com>"
+   ]
 }
 
diff --git a/cpanfile b/cpanfile
index c27bb4f..f3c870a 100644
--- a/cpanfile
+++ b/cpanfile
@@ -1,6 +1,20 @@
 requires 'perl', '5.008005';
 
-# requires 'Some::Module', 'VERSION';
+requires 'Cwd';
+requires 'File::Temp';
+requires 'HTTP::Headers';
+requires 'HTTP::Request::Common';
+requires 'LWP';
+requires 'Pod::Usage';
+requires 'Term::ReadKey';
+requires 'Term::ReadLine';
+requires 'Text::ParseWords';
+requires 'Time::Local';
+
+feature 'httpauth' => 'HTTP basic authentication support', sub {
+    requires 'GSSAPI';
+    requires 'LWP::Authen::Negotiate';
+};
 
 on test => sub {
     requires 'Test::More', '0.88';
diff --git a/script/rt b/script/rt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..165a758
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/rt
@@ -0,0 +1,2584 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+# BEGIN BPS TAGGED BLOCK {{{
+#
+# COPYRIGHT:
+#
+# This software is Copyright (c) 1996-2013 Best Practical Solutions, LLC
+#                                          <sales at bestpractical.com>
+#
+# (Except where explicitly superseded by other copyright notices)
+#
+#
+# LICENSE:
+#
+# This work is made available to you under the terms of Version 2 of
+# the GNU General Public License. A copy of that license should have
+# been provided with this software, but in any event can be snarfed
+# from www.gnu.org.
+#
+# This work is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+# General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+# 02110-1301 or visit their web page on the internet at
+# http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html.
+#
+#
+# CONTRIBUTION SUBMISSION POLICY:
+#
+# (The following paragraph is not intended to limit the rights granted
+# to you to modify and distribute this software under the terms of
+# the GNU General Public License and is only of importance to you if
+# you choose to contribute your changes and enhancements to the
+# community by submitting them to Best Practical Solutions, LLC.)
+#
+# By intentionally submitting any modifications, corrections or
+# derivatives to this work, or any other work intended for use with
+# Request Tracker, to Best Practical Solutions, LLC, you confirm that
+# you are the copyright holder for those contributions and you grant
+# Best Practical Solutions,  LLC a nonexclusive, worldwide, irrevocable,
+# royalty-free, perpetual, license to use, copy, create derivative
+# works based on those contributions, and sublicense and distribute
+# those contributions and any derivatives thereof.
+#
+# END BPS TAGGED BLOCK }}}
+# Designed and implemented for Best Practical Solutions, LLC by
+# Abhijit Menon-Sen <ams at wiw.org>
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+if ( $ARGV[0] && $ARGV[0] =~ /^(?:--help|-h)$/ ) {
+    require Pod::Usage;
+    print Pod::Usage::pod2usage( { verbose => 2 } );
+    exit;
+}
+
+# This program is intentionally written to have as few non-core module
+# dependencies as possible. It should stay that way.
+
+use Cwd;
+use LWP;
+use Text::ParseWords;
+use HTTP::Request::Common;
+use HTTP::Headers;
+use Term::ReadLine;
+use Time::Local; # used in prettyshow
+use File::Temp;
+
+# strong (GSSAPI based) authentication is supported if the server does provide
+# it and the perl modules GSSAPI and LWP::Authen::Negotiate are installed
+# it can be suppressed by setting externalauth=0 (default is undef)
+eval { require GSSAPI };
+my $no_strong_auth = 'missing perl module GSSAPI';
+if ( ! $@ ) {
+    eval {require LWP::Authen::Negotiate};
+    $no_strong_auth = $@ ? 'missing perl module LWP::Authen::Negotiate' : 0;
+}
+
+# We derive configuration information from hardwired defaults, dotfiles,
+# and the RT* environment variables (in increasing order of precedence).
+# Session information is stored in ~/.rt_sessions.
+
+my $VERSION = 0.02;
+my $HOME = eval{(getpwuid($<))[7]}
+           || $ENV{HOME} || $ENV{LOGDIR} || $ENV{HOMEPATH}
+           || ".";
+my %config = (
+    (
+        debug        => 0,
+        user         => eval{(getpwuid($<))[0]} || $ENV{USER} || $ENV{USERNAME},
+        passwd       => undef,
+        server       => 'http://localhost/',
+        query        => "Status!='resolved' and Status!='rejected'",
+        orderby      => 'id',
+        queue        => undef,
+# to protect against unlimited searches a better choice would be
+#       queue        => 'Unknown_Queue',
+# setting externalauth => undef will try GSSAPI auth if the corresponding perl
+# modules are installed, externalauth => 0 is the backward compatible choice 
+        externalauth => 0,
+    ),
+    config_from_file($ENV{RTCONFIG} || ".rtrc"),
+    config_from_env()
+);
+my $session = Session->new("$HOME/.rt_sessions");
+my $REST = "$config{server}/REST/1.0";
+$no_strong_auth = 'switched off by externalauth=0'
+    if defined $config{externalauth};
+
+
+my $prompt = 'rt> ';
+
+sub whine;
+sub DEBUG { warn @_ if $config{debug} >= shift }
+
+# These regexes are used by command handlers to parse arguments.
+# (XXX: Ask Autrijus how i18n changes these definitions.)
+
+my $name    = '[\w.-]+';
+my $CF_name = '[^,]+?';
+my $field   = '(?i:[a-z][a-z0-9_-]*|C(?:ustom)?F(?:ield)?-'.$CF_name.'|CF\.\{'.$CF_name.'\})';
+my $label   = '[^,\\/]+';
+my $labels  = "(?:$label,)*$label";
+my $idlist  = '(?:(?:\d+-)?\d+,)*(?:\d+-)?\d+';
+
+# Our command line looks like this:
+#
+#     rt <action> [options] [arguments]
+#
+# We'll parse just enough of it to decide upon an action to perform, and
+# leave the rest to per-action handlers to interpret appropriately.
+
+my %handlers = (
+#   handler     => [ ...aliases... ],
+    version     => ["version", "ver"],
+    shell       => ["shell"],
+    logout      => ["logout"],
+    help        => ["help", "man"],
+    show        => ["show", "cat"],
+    edit        => ["create", "edit", "new", "ed"],
+    list        => ["search", "list", "ls"],
+    comment     => ["comment", "correspond"],
+    link        => ["link", "ln"],
+    merge       => ["merge"],
+    grant       => ["grant", "revoke"],
+    take        => ["take", "steal", "untake"],
+    quit        => ["quit", "exit"],
+    setcommand  => ["del", "delete", "give", "res", "resolve",
+                    "subject"],
+);
+
+my %actions;
+foreach my $fn (keys %handlers) {
+    foreach my $alias (@{ $handlers{$fn} }) {
+        $actions{$alias} = \&{"$fn"};
+    }
+}
+
+# Once we find and call an appropriate handler, we're done.
+
+sub handler {
+    my $action;
+
+    push @ARGV, 'shell' if (!@ARGV);    # default to shell mode
+    shift @ARGV if ($ARGV[0] eq 'rt');    # ignore a leading 'rt'
+    if (@ARGV && exists $actions{$ARGV[0]}) {
+        $action = shift @ARGV;
+        return $actions{$action}->($action);
+    }
+    else {
+        print STDERR "rt: Unknown command '@ARGV'.\n";
+        print STDERR "rt: For help, run 'rt help'.\n";
+        return 1;
+    }
+}
+
+exit handler();
+
+# Handler functions.
+# ------------------
+#
+# The following subs are handlers for each entry in %actions.
+
+sub shell {
+    $|=1;
+    my $term = Term::ReadLine->new('RT CLI');
+    while ( defined ($_ = $term->readline($prompt)) ) {
+        next if /^#/ || /^\s*$/;
+
+        @ARGV = shellwords($_);
+        handler();
+    }
+}
+
+sub version {
+    print "rt $VERSION\n";
+    return 0;
+}
+
+sub logout {
+    submit("$REST/logout") if defined $session->cookie;
+    return 0;
+}
+
+sub quit {
+    logout();
+    exit;
+}
+
+my %help;
+sub help {
+    my ($action, $type, $rv) = @_;
+    $rv = defined $rv ? $rv : 0;
+    my $key;
+
+    # What help topics do we know about?
+    if (!%help) {
+        local $/ = undef;
+        foreach my $item (@{ Form::parse(<DATA>) }) {
+            my $title = $item->[2]{Title};
+            my @titles = ref $title eq 'ARRAY' ? @$title : $title;
+
+            foreach $title (grep $_, @titles) {
+                $help{$title} = $item->[2]{Text};
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    # What does the user want help with?
+    undef $action if ($action && $actions{$action} eq \&help);
+    unless ($action || $type) {
+        # If we don't know, we'll look for clues in @ARGV.
+        foreach (@ARGV) {
+            if (exists $help{$_}) { $key = $_; last; }
+        }
+        unless ($key) {
+            # Tolerate possibly plural words.
+            foreach (@ARGV) {
+                if ($_ =~ s/s$// && exists $help{$_}) { $key = $_; last; }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    if ($type && $action) {
+        $key = "$type.$action";
+    }
+    $key ||= $type || $action || "introduction";
+
+    # Find a suitable topic to display.
+    while (!exists $help{$key}) {
+        if ($type && $action) {
+            if ($key eq "$type.$action") { $key = $action;        }
+            elsif ($key eq $action)      { $key = $type;          }
+            else                         { $key = "introduction"; }
+        }
+        else {
+            $key = "introduction";
+        }
+    }
+
+    print STDERR $help{$key}, "\n\n";
+    return $rv;
+}
+
+# Displays a list of objects that match some specified condition.
+
+sub list {
+    my ($q, $type, %data);
+    my $orderby = $config{orderby};
+    
+    if ($config{orderby}) {
+         $data{orderby} = $config{orderby};
+    } 
+    my $bad = 0;
+    my $rawprint = 0;
+    my $reverse_sort = 0;
+    my $queue = $config{queue};
+
+    while (@ARGV) {
+        $_ = shift @ARGV;
+
+        if (/^-t$/) {
+            $bad = 1, last unless defined($type = get_type_argument());
+        }
+        elsif (/^-S$/) {
+            $bad = 1, last unless get_var_argument(\%data);
+        }
+        elsif (/^-o$/) {
+            $data{'orderby'} = shift @ARGV;
+        }
+        elsif (/^-([isl])$/) {
+            $data{format} = $1;
+            $rawprint = 1;
+        }
+        elsif (/^-q$/) {
+            $queue = shift @ARGV;
+        }
+        elsif (/^-r$/) {
+            $reverse_sort = 1;
+        }
+        elsif (/^-f$/) {
+            if ($ARGV[0] !~ /^(?:(?:$field,)*$field)$/) {
+                whine "No valid field list in '-f $ARGV[0]'.";
+                $bad = 1; last;
+            }
+            $data{fields} = shift @ARGV;
+            $data{format} = 's' if ! $data{format};
+            $rawprint = 1;
+        }
+        elsif (!defined $q && !/^-/) {
+            $q = $_;
+        }
+        else {
+            my $datum = /^-/ ? "option" : "argument";
+            whine "Unrecognised $datum '$_'.";
+            $bad = 1; last;
+        }
+    }
+    if ( ! $rawprint and ! exists $data{format} ) {
+        $data{format} = 'l';
+    }
+    if ( $reverse_sort and $data{orderby} =~ /^-/ ) {
+        $data{orderby} =~ s/^-/+/;
+    } elsif ($reverse_sort) {
+        $data{orderby} =~ s/^\+?(.*)/-$1/;
+    }
+
+    if (!defined $q) {
+        $q = $config{query}; 
+    }
+    
+    $q =~ s/^#//; # get rid of leading hash
+    if ($q =~ /^\d+$/) {
+        # only digits, must be an id, formulate a correct query
+        $q = "id=$q" if $q =~ /^\d+$/;
+    } else {
+        # a string only, take it as an owner or requestor (quoting done later)
+        $q = "(Owner=$q or Requestor like $q) and $config{query}"
+             if $q =~ /^[\w\-]+$/;
+        # always add a query for a specific queue or (comma separated) queues
+        $queue =~ s/,/ or Queue=/g if $queue;
+        $q .= " and (Queue=$queue)" if $queue and $q and $q !~ /Queue\s*=/i
+            and $q !~ /id\s*=/i;
+    }
+    # correctly quote strings in a query
+    $q =~ s/(=|like\s)\s*([^'\d\s]\S*)\b/$1\'$2\'/g;
+
+    $type ||= "ticket";
+    unless ($type && defined $q) {
+        my $item = $type ? "query string" : "object type";
+        whine "No $item specified.";
+        $bad = 1;
+    }
+    #return help("list", $type) if $bad;
+    return suggest_help("list", $type, $bad) if $bad;
+
+    print "Query:$q\n" if ! $rawprint;
+    my $r = submit("$REST/search/$type", { query => $q, %data });
+    if ( $rawprint ) {
+        print $r->content;
+    } else {
+        my $forms = Form::parse($r->content);
+        prettylist ($forms);
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+# Displays selected information about a single object.
+
+sub show {
+    my ($type, @objects, %data);
+    my $slurped = 0;
+    my $bad = 0;
+    my $rawprint = 0;
+    my $histspec;
+
+    while (@ARGV) {
+        $_ = shift @ARGV;
+        s/^#// if /^#\d+/; # get rid of leading hash
+        if (/^-t$/) {
+            $bad = 1, last unless defined($type = get_type_argument());
+        }
+        elsif (/^-S$/) {
+            $bad = 1, last unless get_var_argument(\%data);
+        }
+        elsif (/^-([isl])$/) {
+            $data{format} = $1;
+            $rawprint = 1;
+        }
+        elsif (/^-$/ && !$slurped) {
+            chomp(my @lines = <STDIN>);
+            foreach (@lines) {
+                unless (is_object_spec($_, $type)) {
+                    whine "Invalid object on STDIN: '$_'.";
+                    $bad = 1; last;
+                }
+                push @objects, $_;
+            }
+            $slurped = 1;
+        }
+        elsif (/^-f$/) {
+            if ($ARGV[0] !~ /^(?:(?:$field,)*$field)$/) {
+                whine "No valid field list in '-f $ARGV[0]'.";
+                $bad = 1; last;
+            }
+            $data{fields} = shift @ARGV;
+            # option f requires short raw listing format
+            $data{format} = 's';
+            $rawprint = 1;
+        }
+        elsif (/^\d+$/ and my $spc2 = is_object_spec("ticket/$_", $type)) {
+            push @objects, $spc2;
+            $histspec = is_object_spec("ticket/$_/history", $type);
+        }
+        elsif (/^\d+\// and my $spc3 = is_object_spec("ticket/$_", $type)) {
+            push @objects, $spc3;
+            $rawprint = 1 if $_ =~ /\/content$/;
+        }
+        elsif (my $spec = is_object_spec($_, $type)) {
+            push @objects, $spec;
+            $rawprint = 1 if $_ =~ /\/content$/ or $_ =~ /\/links/ or $_ !~ /^ticket/;
+        }
+        else {
+            my $datum = /^-/ ? "option" : "argument";
+            whine "Unrecognised $datum '$_'.";
+            $bad = 1; last;
+        }
+    }
+    if ( ! $rawprint ) {
+        push @objects, $histspec if $histspec;
+        $data{format} = 'l' if ! exists $data{format};
+    }
+
+    unless (@objects) {
+        whine "No objects specified.";
+        $bad = 1;
+    }
+    #return help("show", $type) if $bad;
+    return suggest_help("show", $type, $bad) if $bad;
+
+    my $r = submit("$REST/show", { id => \@objects, %data });
+    my $c = $r->content;
+    # if this isn't a text reply, remove the trailing newline so we
+    # don't corrupt things like tarballs when people do
+    # show ticket/id/attachments/id/content > foo.tar.gz
+    if ($r->content_type !~ /^text\//) {
+        chomp($c);
+        $rawprint = 1;
+    }
+    if ( $rawprint ) {
+        print $c;
+    } else {
+        # I do not know how to get more than one form correctly returned
+        $c =~ s!^RT/[\d\.]+ 200 Ok$!--!mg;
+        my $forms = Form::parse($c);
+        prettyshow ($forms);
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+# To create a new object, we ask the server for a form with the defaults
+# filled in, allow the user to edit it, and send the form back.
+#
+# To edit an object, we must ask the server for a form representing that
+# object, make changes requested by the user (either on the command line
+# or interactively via $EDITOR), and send the form back.
+
+sub edit {
+    my ($action) = @_;
+    my (%data, $type, @objects);
+    my ($cl, $text, $edit, $input, $output);
+
+    use vars qw(%set %add %del);
+    %set = %add = %del = ();
+    my $slurped = 0;
+    my $bad = 0;
+    
+    while (@ARGV) {
+        $_ = shift @ARGV;
+        s/^#// if /^#\d+/; # get rid of leading hash
+
+        if    (/^-e$/) { $edit = 1 }
+        elsif (/^-i$/) { $input = 1 }
+        elsif (/^-o$/) { $output = 1 }
+        elsif (/^-t$/) {
+            $bad = 1, last unless defined($type = get_type_argument());
+        }
+        elsif (/^-S$/) {
+            $bad = 1, last unless get_var_argument(\%data);
+        }
+        elsif (/^-$/ && !($slurped || $input)) {
+            chomp(my @lines = <STDIN>);
+            foreach (@lines) {
+                unless (is_object_spec($_, $type)) {
+                    whine "Invalid object on STDIN: '$_'.";
+                    $bad = 1; last;
+                }
+                push @objects, $_;
+            }
+            $slurped = 1;
+        }
+        elsif (/^set$/i) {
+            my $vars = 0;
+
+            while (@ARGV && $ARGV[0] =~ /^($field)([+-]?=)(.*)$/s) {
+                my ($key, $op, $val) = ($1, $2, $3);
+                my $hash = ($op eq '=') ? \%set : ($op =~ /^\+/) ? \%add : \%del;
+
+                vpush($hash, lc $key, $val);
+                shift @ARGV;
+                $vars++;
+            }
+            unless ($vars) {
+                whine "No variables to set.";
+                $bad = 1; last;
+            }
+            $cl = $vars;
+        }
+        elsif (/^(?:add|del)$/i) {
+            my $vars = 0;
+            my $hash = ($_ eq "add") ? \%add : \%del;
+
+            while (@ARGV && $ARGV[0] =~ /^($field)=(.*)$/s) {
+                my ($key, $val) = ($1, $2);
+
+                vpush($hash, lc $key, $val);
+                shift @ARGV;
+                $vars++;
+            }
+            unless ($vars) {
+                whine "No variables to set.";
+                $bad = 1; last;
+            }
+            $cl = $vars;
+        }
+        elsif (/^\d+$/ and my $spc2 = is_object_spec("ticket/$_", $type)) {
+            push @objects, $spc2;
+        }
+        elsif (my $spec = is_object_spec($_, $type)) {
+            push @objects, $spec;
+        }
+        else {
+            my $datum = /^-/ ? "option" : "argument";
+            whine "Unrecognised $datum '$_'.";
+            $bad = 1; last;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if ($action =~ /^ed(?:it)?$/) {
+        unless (@objects) {
+            whine "No objects specified.";
+            $bad = 1;
+        }
+    }
+    else {
+        if (@objects) {
+            whine "You shouldn't specify objects as arguments to $action.";
+            $bad = 1;
+        }
+        unless ($type) {
+            whine "What type of object do you want to create?";
+            $bad = 1;
+        }
+        @objects = ("$type/new") if defined($type);
+    }
+    #return help($action, $type) if $bad;
+    return suggest_help($action, $type, $bad) if $bad;
+
+    # We need a form to make changes to. We usually ask the server for
+    # one, but we can avoid that if we are fed one on STDIN, or if the
+    # user doesn't want to edit the form by hand, and the command line
+    # specifies only simple variable assignments.  We *should* get a
+    # form if we're creating a new ticket, so that the default values
+    # get filled in properly.
+
+    my @new_objects = grep /\/new$/, @objects;
+
+    if ($input) {
+        local $/ = undef;
+        $text = <STDIN>;
+    }
+    elsif ($edit || %add || %del || !$cl || @new_objects) {
+        my $r = submit("$REST/show", { id => \@objects, format => 'l' });
+        $text = $r->content;
+    }
+
+    # If any changes were specified on the command line, apply them.
+    if ($cl) {
+        if ($text) {
+            # We're updating forms from the server.
+            my $forms = Form::parse($text);
+
+            foreach my $form (@$forms) {
+                my ($c, $o, $k, $e) = @$form;
+                my ($key, $val);
+
+                next if ($e || !@$o);
+
+                local %add = %add;
+                local %del = %del;
+                local %set = %set;
+
+                # Make changes to existing fields.
+                foreach $key (@$o) {
+                    if (exists $add{lc $key}) {
+                        $val = delete $add{lc $key};
+                        vpush($k, $key, $val);
+                        $k->{$key} = vsplit($k->{$key}) if $val =~ /[,\n]/;
+                    }
+                    if (exists $del{lc $key}) {
+                        $val = delete $del{lc $key};
+                        my %val = map {$_=>1} @{ vsplit($val) };
+                        $k->{$key} = vsplit($k->{$key});
+                        @{$k->{$key}} = grep {!exists $val{$_}} @{$k->{$key}};
+                    }
+                    if (exists $set{lc $key}) {
+                        $k->{$key} = delete $set{lc $key};
+                    }
+                }
+                
+                # Then update the others.
+                foreach $key (keys %set) { vpush($k, $key, $set{$key}) }
+                foreach $key (keys %add) {
+                    vpush($k, $key, $add{$key});
+                    $k->{$key} = vsplit($k->{$key});
+                }
+                push @$o, (keys %add, keys %set);
+            }
+
+            $text = Form::compose($forms);
+        }
+        else {
+            # We're rolling our own set of forms.
+            my @forms;
+            foreach (@objects) {
+                my ($type, $ids, $args) =
+                    m{^($name)/($idlist|$labels)(?:(/.*))?$}o;
+
+                $args ||= "";
+                foreach my $obj (expand_list($ids)) {
+                    my %set = (%set, id => "$type/$obj$args");
+                    push @forms, ["", [keys %set], \%set];
+                }
+            }
+            $text = Form::compose(\@forms);
+        }
+    }
+
+    if ($output) {
+        print $text;
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    my $synerr = 0;
+
+EDIT:
+    # We'll let the user edit the form before sending it to the server,
+    # unless we have enough information to submit it non-interactively.
+    if ($edit || (!$input && !$cl)) {
+        my $newtext = vi($text);
+        # We won't resubmit a bad form unless it was changed.
+        $text = ($synerr && $newtext eq $text) ? undef : $newtext;
+    }
+
+    if ($text) {
+        my $r = submit("$REST/edit", {content => $text, %data});
+        if ($r->code == 409) {
+            # If we submitted a bad form, we'll give the user a chance
+            # to correct it and resubmit.
+            if ($edit || (!$input && !$cl)) {
+                $text = $r->content;
+                $synerr = 1;
+                goto EDIT;
+            }
+            else {
+                print $r->content;
+                return 0;
+            }
+        }
+        print $r->content;
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+# handler for special edit commands. A valid edit command is constructed and
+# further work is delegated to the edit handler
+
+sub setcommand {
+    my ($action) = @_;
+    my ($id, $bad, $what);
+    if ( @ARGV ) {
+        $_ = shift @ARGV;
+        $id = $1 if (m|^(?:ticket/)?($idlist)$|);
+    }
+    if ( ! $id ) {
+        $bad = 1;
+        whine "No ticket number specified.";
+    }
+    if ( @ARGV ) {
+        if ($action eq 'subject') {
+            my $subject = '"'.join (" ", @ARGV).'"';
+            @ARGV = ();
+            $what = "subject=$subject";
+        } elsif ($action eq 'give') {
+            my $owner = shift @ARGV;
+            $what = "owner=$owner";
+        }
+    } else {
+        if ( $action eq 'delete' or $action eq 'del' ) {
+            $what = "status=deleted";
+        } elsif ($action eq 'resolve' or $action eq 'res' ) {
+            $what = "status=resolved";
+        } elsif ($action eq 'take' ) {
+            $what = "owner=$config{user}";
+        } elsif ($action eq 'untake') {
+            $what = "owner=Nobody";
+        }
+    }
+    if (@ARGV) {
+        $bad = 1;
+        whine "Extraneous arguments for action $action: @ARGV.";
+    }
+    if ( ! $what ) {
+        $bad = 1;
+        whine "unrecognized action $action.";
+    }
+    return help("edit", undef, $bad) if $bad;
+    @ARGV = ( $id, "set", $what );
+    print "Executing: rt edit @ARGV\n";
+    return edit("edit");
+}
+
+# We roll "comment" and "correspond" into the same handler.
+
+sub comment {
+    my ($action) = @_;
+    my (%data, $id, @files, @bcc, @cc, $msg, $wtime, $edit);
+    my $bad = 0;
+
+    while (@ARGV) {
+        $_ = shift @ARGV;
+
+        if (/^-e$/) {
+            $edit = 1;
+        }
+        elsif (/^-[abcmw]$/) {
+            unless (@ARGV) {
+                whine "No argument specified with $_.";
+                $bad = 1; last;
+            }
+
+            if (/-a/) {
+                unless (-f $ARGV[0] && -r $ARGV[0]) {
+                    whine "Cannot read attachment: '$ARGV[0]'.";
+                    return 0;
+                }
+                push @files, shift @ARGV;
+            }
+            elsif (/-([bc])/) {
+                my $a = $_ eq "-b" ? \@bcc : \@cc;
+                @$a = split /\s*,\s*/, shift @ARGV;
+            }
+            elsif (/-m/) {
+                $msg = shift @ARGV;
+                if ( $msg =~ /^-$/ ) {
+                    undef $msg;
+                    while (<STDIN>) { $msg .= $_ }
+                }
+            }
+
+            elsif (/-w/) { $wtime = shift @ARGV }
+        }
+        elsif (!$id && m|^(?:ticket/)?($idlist)$|) {
+            $id = $1;
+        }
+        else {
+            my $datum = /^-/ ? "option" : "argument";
+            whine "Unrecognised $datum '$_'.";
+            $bad = 1; last;
+        }
+    }
+
+    unless ($id) {
+        whine "No object specified.";
+        $bad = 1;
+    }
+    #return help($action, "ticket") if $bad;
+    return suggest_help($action, "ticket") if $bad;
+
+    my $form = [
+        "",
+        [ "Ticket", "Action", "Cc", "Bcc", "Attachment", "TimeWorked", "Text" ],
+        {
+            Ticket     => $id,
+            Action     => $action,
+            Cc         => [ @cc ],
+            Bcc        => [ @bcc ],
+            Attachment => [ @files ],
+            TimeWorked => $wtime || '',
+            Text       => $msg || '',
+            Status => ''
+        }
+    ];
+
+    my $text = Form::compose([ $form ]);
+
+    if ($edit || !$msg) {
+        my $error = 0;
+        my ($c, $o, $k, $e);
+
+        do {
+            my $ntext = vi($text);
+            return if ($error && $ntext eq $text);
+            $text = $ntext;
+            $form = Form::parse($text);
+            $error = 0;
+
+            ($c, $o, $k, $e) = @{ $form->[0] };
+            if ($e) {
+                $error = 1;
+                $c = "# Syntax error.";
+                goto NEXT;
+            }
+            elsif (!@$o) {
+                return 0;
+            }
+            @files = @{ vsplit($k->{Attachment}) };
+
+        NEXT:
+            $text = Form::compose([[$c, $o, $k, $e]]);
+        } while ($error);
+    }
+
+    my $i = 1;
+    foreach my $file (@files) {
+        $data{"attachment_$i"} = bless([ $file ], "Attachment");
+        $i++;
+    }
+    $data{content} = $text;
+
+    my $r = submit("$REST/ticket/$id/comment", \%data);
+    print $r->content;
+    return 0;
+}
+
+# Merge one ticket into another.
+
+sub merge {
+    my @id;
+    my $bad = 0;
+
+    while (@ARGV) {
+        $_ = shift @ARGV;
+        s/^#// if /^#\d+/; # get rid of leading hash
+
+        if (/^\d+$/) {
+            push @id, $_;
+        }
+        else {
+            whine "Unrecognised argument: '$_'.";
+            $bad = 1; last;
+        }
+    }
+
+    unless (@id == 2) {
+        my $evil = @id > 2 ? "many" : "few";
+        whine "Too $evil arguments specified.";
+        $bad = 1;
+    }
+    #return help("merge", "ticket") if $bad;
+    return suggest_help("merge", "ticket", $bad) if $bad;
+
+    my $r = submit("$REST/ticket/$id[0]/merge/$id[1]");
+    print $r->content;
+    return 0;
+}
+
+# Link one ticket to another.
+
+sub link {
+    my ($bad, $del, %data) = (0, 0, ());
+    my $type;
+
+    my %ltypes = map { lc $_ => $_ } qw(DependsOn DependedOnBy RefersTo
+                                        ReferredToBy HasMember MemberOf);
+
+    while (@ARGV && $ARGV[0] =~ /^-/) {
+        $_ = shift @ARGV;
+
+        if (/^-d$/) {
+            $del = 1;
+        }
+        elsif (/^-t$/) {
+            $bad = 1, last unless defined($type = get_type_argument());
+        }
+        else {
+            whine "Unrecognised option: '$_'.";
+            $bad = 1; last;
+        }
+    }
+    
+    $type = "ticket" unless $type; # default type to tickets
+    
+    if (@ARGV == 3) {
+        my ($from, $rel, $to) = @ARGV;
+        if (($type eq "ticket") && ( ! exists $ltypes{lc $rel})) {
+            whine "Invalid link '$rel' for type $type specified.";
+            $bad = 1;
+        }
+        %data = (id => $from, rel => $rel, to => $to, del => $del);
+    }
+    else {
+        my $bad = @ARGV < 3 ? "few" : "many";
+        whine "Too $bad arguments specified.";
+        $bad = 1;
+    }
+    return suggest_help("link", $type, $bad) if $bad;
+ 
+    my $r = submit("$REST/$type/link", \%data);
+    print $r->content;
+    return 0;
+}
+
+# Take/steal a ticket
+sub take {
+    my ($cmd) = @_;
+    my ($bad, %data) = (0, ());
+
+    my $id;
+
+    # get the ticket id
+    if (@ARGV == 1) {
+        ($id) = @ARGV;
+        unless ($id =~ /^\d+$/) {
+            whine "Invalid ticket ID $id specified.";
+            $bad = 1;
+        }
+        my $form = [
+            "",
+            [ "Ticket", "Action" ],
+            {
+                Ticket => $id,
+                Action => $cmd,
+                Status => '',
+            }
+        ];
+
+        my $text = Form::compose([ $form ]);
+        $data{content} = $text;
+    }
+    else {
+        $bad = @ARGV < 1 ? "few" : "many";
+        whine "Too $bad arguments specified.";
+        $bad = 1;
+    }
+    return suggest_help("take", "ticket", $bad) if $bad;
+
+    my $r = submit("$REST/ticket/$id/take", \%data);
+    print $r->content;
+    return 0;
+}
+
+# Grant/revoke a user's rights.
+
+sub grant {
+    my ($cmd) = @_;
+
+    whine "$cmd is unimplemented.";
+    return 1;
+}
+
+# Client <-> Server communication.
+# --------------------------------
+#
+# This function composes and sends an HTTP request to the RT server, and
+# interprets the response. It takes a request URI, and optional request
+# data (a string, or a reference to a set of key-value pairs).
+
+sub submit {
+    my ($uri, $content) = @_;
+    my ($req, $data);
+    my $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new(agent => "RT/3.0b", env_proxy => 1);
+    my $h = HTTP::Headers->new;
+
+    # Did the caller specify any data to send with the request?
+    $data = [];
+    if (defined $content) {
+        unless (ref $content) {
+            # If it's just a string, make sure LWP handles it properly.
+            # (By pretending that it's a file!)
+            $content = [ content => [undef, "", Content => $content] ];
+        }
+        elsif (ref $content eq 'HASH') {
+            my @data;
+            foreach my $k (keys %$content) {
+                if (ref $content->{$k} eq 'ARRAY') {
+                    foreach my $v (@{ $content->{$k} }) {
+                        push @data, $k, $v;
+                    }
+                }
+                else { push @data, $k, $content->{$k} }
+            }
+            $content = \@data;
+        }
+        $data = $content;
+    }
+
+    # Should we send authentication information to start a new session?
+    my $how = $config{server} =~ /^https/ ? 'over SSL' : 'unencrypted';
+    (my $server = $config{server}) =~ s/^.*\/\/([^\/]+)\/?/$1/;
+    if ($config{externalauth}) {
+        $h->authorization_basic($config{user}, $config{passwd} || read_passwd() );
+        print "   Password will be sent to $server $how\n",
+              "   Press CTRL-C now if you do not want to continue\n"
+            if ! $config{passwd};
+    } elsif ( $no_strong_auth ) {
+        if (!defined $session->cookie) {
+            print "   Strong encryption not available, $no_strong_auth\n",
+                  "   Password will be sent to $server $how\n",
+                  "   Press CTRL-C now if you do not want to continue\n"
+                if ! $config{passwd};
+            push @$data, ( user => $config{user} );
+            push @$data, ( pass => $config{passwd} || read_passwd() );
+        }
+    }
+
+    # Now, we construct the request.
+    if (@$data) {
+        $req = POST($uri, $data, Content_Type => 'form-data');
+    }
+    else {
+        $req = GET($uri);
+    }
+    $session->add_cookie_header($req);
+    if ($config{externalauth}) {
+        $req->header(%$h);
+    }
+
+    # Then we send the request and parse the response.
+    DEBUG(3, $req->as_string);
+    my $res = $ua->request($req);
+    DEBUG(3, $res->as_string);
+
+    if ($res->is_success) {
+        # The content of the response we get from the RT server consists
+        # of an HTTP-like status line followed by optional header lines,
+        # a blank line, and arbitrary text.
+
+        my ($head, $text) = split /\n\n/, $res->content, 2;
+        my ($status, @headers) = split /\n/, $head;
+        $text =~ s/\n*$/\n/ if ($text);
+
+        # "RT/3.0.1 401 Credentials required"
+        if ($status !~ m#^RT/\d+(?:\S+) (\d+) ([\w\s]+)$#) {
+            warn "rt: Malformed RT response from $config{server}.\n";
+            warn "(Rerun with RTDEBUG=3 for details.)\n" if $config{debug} < 3;
+            exit -1;
+        }
+
+        # Our caller can pretend that the server returned a custom HTTP
+        # response code and message. (Doing that directly is apparently
+        # not sufficiently portable and uncomplicated.)
+        $res->code($1);
+        $res->message($2);
+        $res->content($text);
+        $session->update($res) if ($res->is_success || $res->code != 401);
+
+        if (!$res->is_success) {
+            # We can deal with authentication failures ourselves. Either
+            # we sent invalid credentials, or our session has expired.
+            if ($res->code == 401) {
+                my %d = @$data;
+                if (exists $d{user}) {
+                    warn "rt: Incorrect username or password.\n";
+                    exit -1;
+                }
+                elsif ($req->header("Cookie")) {
+                    # We'll retry the request with credentials, unless
+                    # we only wanted to logout in the first place.
+                    $session->delete;
+                    return submit(@_) unless $uri eq "$REST/logout";
+                }
+            }
+            # Conflicts should be dealt with by the handler and user.
+            # For anything else, we just die.
+            elsif ($res->code != 409) {
+                warn "rt: ", $res->content;
+                #exit;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    else {
+        warn "rt: Server error: ", $res->message, " (", $res->code, ")\n";
+        exit -1;
+    }
+
+    return $res;
+}
+
+# Session management.
+# -------------------
+#
+# Maintains a list of active sessions in the ~/.rt_sessions file.
+{
+    package Session;
+    my ($s, $u);
+
+    # Initialises the session cache.
+    sub new {
+        my ($class, $file) = @_;
+        my $self = {
+            file => $file || "$HOME/.rt_sessions",
+            sids => { }
+        };
+       
+        # The current session is identified by the currently configured
+        # server and user.
+        ($s, $u) = @config{"server", "user"};
+
+        bless $self, $class;
+        $self->load();
+
+        return $self;
+    }
+
+    # Returns the current session cookie.
+    sub cookie {
+        my ($self) = @_;
+        my $cookie = $self->{sids}{$s}{$u};
+        return defined $cookie ? "RT_SID_$cookie" : undef;
+    }
+
+    # Deletes the current session cookie.
+    sub delete {
+        my ($self) = @_;
+        delete $self->{sids}{$s}{$u};
+    }
+
+    # Adds a Cookie header to an outgoing HTTP request.
+    sub add_cookie_header {
+        my ($self, $request) = @_;
+        my $cookie = $self->cookie();
+
+        $request->header(Cookie => $cookie) if defined $cookie;
+    }
+
+    # Extracts the Set-Cookie header from an HTTP response, and updates
+    # session information accordingly.
+    sub update {
+        my ($self, $response) = @_;
+        my $cookie = $response->header("Set-Cookie");
+
+        if (defined $cookie && $cookie =~ /^RT_SID_(.[^;,\s]+=[0-9A-Fa-f]+);/) {
+            $self->{sids}{$s}{$u} = $1;
+        }
+    }
+
+    # Loads the session cache from the specified file.
+    sub load {
+        my ($self, $file) = @_;
+        $file ||= $self->{file};
+
+        open( my $handle, '<', $file ) or return 0;
+
+        $self->{file} = $file;
+        my $sids = $self->{sids} = {};
+        while (<$handle>) {
+            chomp;
+            next if /^$/ || /^#/;
+            next unless m#^https?://[^ ]+ \w+ [^;,\s]+=[0-9A-Fa-f]+$#;
+            my ($server, $user, $cookie) = split / /, $_;
+            $sids->{$server}{$user} = $cookie;
+        }
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    # Writes the current session cache to the specified file.
+    sub save {
+        my ($self, $file) = shift;
+        $file ||= $self->{file};
+
+        open( my $handle, '>', "$file" ) or return 0;
+
+        my $sids = $self->{sids};
+        foreach my $server (keys %$sids) {
+            foreach my $user (keys %{ $sids->{$server} }) {
+                my $sid = $sids->{$server}{$user};
+                if (defined $sid) {
+                    print $handle "$server $user $sid\n";
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        close($handle);
+        chmod 0600, $file;
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    sub DESTROY {
+        my $self = shift;
+        $self->save;
+    }
+}
+
+# Form handling.
+# --------------
+#
+# Forms are RFC822-style sets of (field, value) specifications with some
+# initial comments and interspersed blank lines allowed for convenience.
+# Sets of forms are separated by --\n (in a cheap parody of MIME).
+#
+# Each form is parsed into an array with four elements: commented text
+# at the start of the form, an array with the order of keys, a hash with
+# key/value pairs, and optional error text if the form syntax was wrong.
+
+# Returns a reference to an array of parsed forms.
+sub Form::parse {
+    my $state = 0;
+    my @forms = ();
+    my @lines = split /\n/, $_[0] if $_[0];
+    my ($c, $o, $k, $e) = ("", [], {}, "");
+
+    LINE:
+    while (@lines) {
+        my $line = shift @lines;
+
+        next LINE if $line eq '';
+
+        if ($line eq '--') {
+            # We reached the end of one form. We'll ignore it if it was
+            # empty, and store it otherwise, errors and all.
+            if ($e || $c || @$o) {
+                push @forms, [ $c, $o, $k, $e ];
+                $c = ""; $o = []; $k = {}; $e = "";
+            }
+            $state = 0;
+        }
+        elsif ($state != -1) {
+            if ($state == 0 && $line =~ /^#/) {
+                # Read an optional block of comments (only) at the start
+                # of the form.
+                $state = 1;
+                $c = $line;
+                while (@lines && $lines[0] =~ /^#/) {
+                    $c .= "\n".shift @lines;
+                }
+                $c .= "\n";
+            }
+            elsif ($state <= 1 && $line =~ /^($field):(?:\s+(.*))?$/) {
+                # Read a field: value specification.
+                my $f  = $1;
+                my @v  = ($2 || ());
+
+                # Read continuation lines, if any.
+                while (@lines && ($lines[0] eq '' || $lines[0] =~ /^\s+/)) {
+                    push @v, shift @lines;
+                }
+                pop @v while (@v && $v[-1] eq '');
+
+                # Strip longest common leading indent from text.
+                my $ws = "";
+                foreach my $ls (map {/^(\s+)/} @v[1..$#v]) {
+                    $ws = $ls if (!$ws || length($ls) < length($ws));
+                }
+                s/^$ws// foreach @v;
+
+                push(@$o, $f) unless exists $k->{$f};
+                vpush($k, $f, join("\n", @v));
+
+                $state = 1;
+            }
+            elsif ($line !~ /^#/) {
+                # We've found a syntax error, so we'll reconstruct the
+                # form parsed thus far, and add an error marker. (>>)
+                $state = -1;
+                $e = Form::compose([[ "", $o, $k, "" ]]);
+                $e.= $line =~ /^>>/ ? "$line\n" : ">> $line\n";
+            }
+        }
+        else {
+            # We saw a syntax error earlier, so we'll accumulate the
+            # contents of this form until the end.
+            $e .= "$line\n";
+        }
+    }
+    push(@forms, [ $c, $o, $k, $e ]) if ($e || $c || @$o);
+
+    foreach my $l (keys %$k) {
+        $k->{$l} = vsplit($k->{$l}) if (ref $k->{$l} eq 'ARRAY');
+    }
+
+    return \@forms;
+}
+
+# Returns text representing a set of forms.
+sub Form::compose {
+    my ($forms) = @_;
+    my @text;
+
+    foreach my $form (@$forms) {
+        my ($c, $o, $k, $e) = @$form;
+        my $text = "";
+
+        if ($c) {
+            $c =~ s/\n*$/\n/;
+            $text = "$c\n";
+        }
+        if ($e) {
+            $text .= $e;
+        }
+        elsif ($o) {
+            my @lines;
+
+            foreach my $key (@$o) {
+                my ($line, $sp);
+                my $v = $k->{$key};
+                my @values = ref $v eq 'ARRAY' ? @$v : $v;
+
+                $sp = " "x(length("$key: "));
+                $sp = " "x4 if length($sp) > 16;
+
+                foreach $v (@values) {
+                    if ($v =~ /\n/) {
+                        $v =~ s/^/$sp/gm;
+                        $v =~ s/^$sp//;
+
+                        if ($line) {
+                            push @lines, "$line\n\n";
+                            $line = "";
+                        }
+                        elsif (@lines && $lines[-1] !~ /\n\n$/) {
+                            $lines[-1] .= "\n";
+                        }
+                        push @lines, "$key: $v\n\n";
+                    }
+                    elsif ($line &&
+                           length($line)+length($v)-rindex($line, "\n") >= 70)
+                    {
+                        $line .= ",\n$sp$v";
+                    }
+                    else {
+                        $line = $line ? "$line,$v" : "$key: $v";
+                    }
+                }
+
+                $line = "$key:" unless @values;
+                if ($line) {
+                    if ($line =~ /\n/) {
+                        if (@lines && $lines[-1] !~ /\n\n$/) {
+                            $lines[-1] .= "\n";
+                        }
+                        $line .= "\n";
+                    }
+                    push @lines, "$line\n";
+                }
+            }
+
+            $text .= join "", @lines;
+        }
+        else {
+            chomp $text;
+        }
+        push @text, $text;
+    }
+
+    return join "\n--\n\n", @text;
+}
+
+# Configuration.
+# --------------
+
+# Returns configuration information from the environment.
+sub config_from_env {
+    my %env;
+
+    foreach my $k (qw(EXTERNALAUTH DEBUG USER PASSWD SERVER QUERY ORDERBY)) {
+
+        if (exists $ENV{"RT$k"}) {
+            $env{lc $k} = $ENV{"RT$k"};
+        }
+    }
+
+    return %env;
+}
+
+# Finds a suitable configuration file and returns information from it.
+sub config_from_file {
+    my ($rc) = @_;
+
+    if ($rc =~ m#^/#) {
+        # We'll use an absolute path if we were given one.
+        return parse_config_file($rc);
+    }
+    else {
+        # Otherwise we'll use the first file we can find in the current
+        # directory, or in one of its (increasingly distant) ancestors.
+
+        my @dirs = split /\//, cwd;
+        while (@dirs) {
+            my $file = join('/', @dirs, $rc);
+            if (-r $file) {
+                return parse_config_file($file);
+            }
+
+            # Remove the last directory component each time.
+            pop @dirs;
+        }
+
+        # Still nothing? We'll fall back to some likely defaults.
+        for ("$HOME/$rc", "/usr/local/etc/rt.conf", "/etc/rt.conf") {
+            return parse_config_file($_) if (-r $_);
+        }
+    }
+
+    return ();
+}
+
+# Makes a hash of the specified configuration file.
+sub parse_config_file {
+    my %cfg;
+    my ($file) = @_;
+    local $_; # $_ may be aliased to a constant, from line 1163
+
+    open( my $handle, '<', $file ) or return;
+
+    while (<$handle>) {
+        chomp;
+        next if (/^#/ || /^\s*$/);
+
+        if (/^(externalauth|user|passwd|server|query|orderby|queue)\s+(.*)\s?$/) {
+            $cfg{$1} = $2;
+        }
+        else {
+            die "rt: $file:$.: unknown configuration directive.\n";
+        }
+    }
+
+    return %cfg;
+}
+
+# Helper functions.
+# -----------------
+
+sub whine {
+    my $sub = (caller(1))[3];
+    $sub =~ s/^main:://;
+    warn "rt: $sub: @_\n";
+    return 0;
+}
+
+sub read_passwd {
+    eval 'require Term::ReadKey';
+    if ($@) {
+        die "No password specified (and Term::ReadKey not installed).\n";
+    }
+
+    print "Password: ";
+    Term::ReadKey::ReadMode('noecho');
+    chomp(my $passwd = Term::ReadKey::ReadLine(0));
+    Term::ReadKey::ReadMode('restore');
+    print "\n";
+
+    return $passwd;
+}
+
+sub vi {
+    my ($text) = @_;
+    my $editor = $ENV{EDITOR} || $ENV{VISUAL} || "vi";
+
+    local $/ = undef;
+
+    my $handle = File::Temp->new;
+    print $handle $text;
+    close($handle);
+
+    system($editor, $handle->filename) && die "Couldn't run $editor.\n";
+
+    open( $handle, '<', $handle->filename ) or die "$handle: $!\n";
+    $text = <$handle>;
+    close($handle);
+
+    return $text;
+}
+
+# Add a value to a (possibly multi-valued) hash key.
+sub vpush {
+    my ($hash, $key, $val) = @_;
+    my @val = ref $val eq 'ARRAY' ? @$val : $val;
+
+    if (exists $hash->{$key}) {
+        unless (ref $hash->{$key} eq 'ARRAY') {
+            my @v = $hash->{$key} ne '' ? $hash->{$key} : ();
+            $hash->{$key} = \@v;
+        }
+        push @{ $hash->{$key} }, @val;
+    }
+    else {
+        $hash->{$key} = $val;
+    }
+}
+
+# "Normalise" a hash key that's known to be multi-valued.
+sub vsplit {
+    my ($val) = @_;
+    my ($word, @words);
+    my @values = ref $val eq 'ARRAY' ? @$val : $val;
+
+    foreach my $line (map {split /\n/} @values) {
+        # XXX: This should become a real parser, à la Text::ParseWords.
+        $line =~ s/^\s+//;
+        $line =~ s/\s+$//;
+        my ( $a, $b ) = split /\s*,\s*/, $line, 2;
+
+        while ($a) {
+            no warnings 'uninitialized';
+            if ( $a =~ /^'/ ) {
+                my $s = $a;
+                while ( $a !~ /'$/ || (   $a !~ /(\\\\)+'$/
+                            && $a =~ /(\\)+'$/ )) {
+                    ( $a, $b ) = split /\s*,\s*/, $b, 2;
+                    $s .= ',' . $a;
+                }
+                push @words, $s;
+            }
+            elsif ( $a =~ /^q{/ ) {
+                my $s = $a;
+                while ( $a !~ /}$/ ) {
+                    ( $a, $b ) =
+                      split /\s*,\s*/, $b, 2;
+                    $s .= ',' . $a;
+                }
+                $s =~ s/^q{/'/;
+                $s =~ s/}/'/;
+                push @words, $s;
+            }
+            else {
+                push @words, $a;
+            }
+            ( $a, $b ) = split /\s*,\s*/, $b, 2;
+        }
+
+
+    }
+
+    return \@words;
+}
+
+# WARN: this code is duplicated in lib/RT/Interface/REST.pm
+# change both functions at once
+sub expand_list {
+    my ($list) = @_;
+
+    my @elts;
+    foreach (split /\s*,\s*/, $list) {
+        push @elts, /^(\d+)-(\d+)$/? ($1..$2): $_;
+    }
+
+    return map $_->[0], # schwartzian transform
+        sort {
+            defined $a->[1] && defined $b->[1]?
+                # both numbers
+                $a->[1] <=> $b->[1]
+                :!defined $a->[1] && !defined $b->[1]?
+                    # both letters
+                    $a->[2] cmp $b->[2]
+                    # mix, number must be first
+                    :defined $a->[1]? -1: 1
+        }
+        map [ $_, (defined( /^(\d+)$/ )? $1: undef), lc($_) ],
+        @elts;
+}
+
+sub get_type_argument {
+    my $type;
+
+    if (@ARGV) {
+        $type = shift @ARGV;
+        unless ($type =~ /^[A-Za-z0-9_.-]+$/) {
+            # We want whine to mention our caller, not us.
+            @_ = ("Invalid type '$type' specified.");
+            goto &whine;
+        }
+    }
+    else {
+        @_ = ("No type argument specified with -t.");
+        goto &whine;
+    }
+
+    $type =~ s/s$//; # "Plural". Ugh.
+    return $type;
+}
+
+sub get_var_argument {
+    my ($data) = @_;
+
+    if (@ARGV) {
+        my $kv = shift @ARGV;
+        if (my ($k, $v) = $kv =~ /^($field)=(.*)$/) {
+            push @{ $data->{$k} }, $v;
+        }
+        else {
+            @_ = ("Invalid variable specification: '$kv'.");
+            goto &whine;
+        }
+    }
+    else {
+        @_ = ("No variable argument specified with -S.");
+        goto &whine;
+    }
+}
+
+sub is_object_spec {
+    my ($spec, $type) = @_;
+
+    $spec =~ s|^(?:$type/)?|$type/| if defined $type;
+    return $spec if ($spec =~ m{^$name/(?:$idlist|$labels)(?:/.*)?$}o);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+sub suggest_help {
+    my ($action, $type, $rv) = @_;
+
+    print STDERR "rt: For help, run 'rt help $action'.\n" if defined $action;
+    print STDERR "rt: For help, run 'rt help $type'.\n" if defined $type;
+    return $rv;
+}
+
+sub str2time {
+    # simplified procedure for parsing date, avoid loading Date::Parse
+    my %month = (Jan => 0, Feb => 1, Mar => 2, Apr => 3, May =>  4, Jun =>  5,
+                 Jul => 6, Aug => 7, Sep => 8, Oct => 9, Nov => 10, Dec => 11);
+    $_ = shift;
+    my ($mon, $day, $hr, $min, $sec, $yr, $monstr);
+    if ( /(\w{3})\s+(\d\d?)\s+(\d\d):(\d\d):(\d\d)\s+(\d{4})/ ) {
+        ($monstr, $day, $hr, $min, $sec, $yr) = ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6);
+        $mon = $month{$monstr} if exists $month{$monstr};
+    } elsif ( /(\d{4})-(\d\d)-(\d\d)\s+(\d\d):(\d\d):(\d\d)/ ) {
+        ($yr, $mon, $day, $hr, $min, $sec) = ($1, $2-1, $3, $4, $5, $6);
+    }
+    if ( $yr and defined $mon and $day and defined $hr and defined $sec ) {
+        return timelocal($sec,$min,$hr,$day,$mon,$yr);
+    } else {
+        print "Unknown date format in parsedate: $_\n";
+        return undef;
+    }
+}
+
+sub date_diff {
+    my ($old, $new) = @_;
+    $new = time() if ! $new;
+    $old = str2time($old) if $old !~ /^\d+$/;
+    $new = str2time($new) if $new !~ /^\d+$/;
+    return "???" if ! $old or ! $new;
+
+    my %seconds = (min => 60,
+                   hr  => 60*60,
+                   day => 60*60*24,
+                   wk  => 60*60*24*7,
+                   mth => 60*60*24*30,
+                   yr  => 60*60*24*365);
+
+    my $diff = $new - $old;
+    my $what = 'sec';
+    my $howmuch = $diff;
+    for ( sort {$seconds{$a} <=> $seconds{$b}} keys %seconds) {
+        last if $diff < $seconds{$_};
+        $what = $_;
+        $howmuch = int($diff/$seconds{$_});
+    }
+    return "$howmuch $what";
+}
+
+sub prettyshow {
+    my $forms = shift;
+    my ($form) = grep { exists $_->[2]->{Queue} } @$forms;
+    my $k = $form->[2];
+    # dates are in local time zone
+    if ( $k ) {
+        print "Date: $k->{Created}\n";
+        print "From: $k->{Requestors}\n";
+        print "Cc: $k->{Cc}\n" if $k->{Cc};
+        print "X-AdminCc: $k->{AdminCc}\n" if $k->{AdminCc};
+        print "X-Queue: $k->{Queue}\n";
+        print "Subject: [rt #$k->{id}] $k->{Subject}\n\n";
+    }
+    # dates in these attributes are in GMT and will be converted
+    foreach my $form (@$forms) {
+        my ($c, $o, $k, $e) = @$form;
+        next if ! $k->{id} or exists $k->{Queue};
+        if ( exists $k->{Created} ) {
+            my ($y,$m,$d,$hh,$mm,$ss) = ($k->{Created} =~ /(\d\d\d\d)-(\d\d)-(\d\d) (\d\d):(\d\d):(\d\d)/);
+            $m--;
+            my $created = localtime(timegm($ss,$mm,$hh,$d,$m,$y));
+            if ( exists $k->{Description} ) {
+                print "===> $k->{Description} on $created\n";
+            }
+        }
+        print "$k->{Content}\n" if exists $k->{Content} and
+                                   $k->{Content} !~ /to have no content$/ and
+                                   ($k->{Type}||'') ne 'EmailRecord';
+        print "$k->{Attachments}\n" if exists $k->{Attachments} and
+                                   $k->{Attachments};
+    }
+}
+
+sub prettylist {
+    my $forms = shift;
+    my $heading = "Ticket Owner Queue    Age   Told Status Requestor Subject\n";
+    $heading .= '-' x 80 . "\n";
+    my (@open, @me);
+    foreach my $form (@$forms) {
+        my ($c, $o, $k, $e) = @$form;
+        next if ! $k->{id};
+        print $heading if $heading;
+        $heading = '';
+        my $id = $k->{id};
+        $id =~ s!^ticket/!!;
+        my $owner = $k->{Owner} eq 'Nobody' ? '' : $k->{Owner};
+        $owner = substr($owner, 0, 5);
+        my $queue = substr($k->{Queue}, 0, 5);
+        my $subject = substr($k->{Subject}, 0, 30);
+        my $age = date_diff($k->{Created});
+        my $told = $k->{Told} eq 'Not set' ? '' : date_diff($k->{Told});
+        my $status = substr($k->{Status}, 0, 6);
+        my $requestor = substr($k->{Requestors}, 0, 9);
+        my $line = sprintf "%6s %5s %5s %6s %6s %-6s %-9s %-30s\n",
+            $id, $owner, $queue, $age, $told, $status, $requestor, $subject;
+        if ( $k->{Owner} eq 'Nobody' ) {
+            push @open, $line;
+        } elsif ($k->{Owner} eq $config{user} ) {
+            push @me, $line;
+        } else {
+            print $line;
+        }
+    }
+    print "No matches found\n" if $heading;
+    printf "========== my %2d open tickets ==========\n", scalar @me if @me;
+    print @me if @me;
+    printf "========== %2d unowned tickets ==========\n", scalar @open if @open;
+    print @open if @open;
+}
+
+__DATA__
+
+Title: intro
+Title: introduction
+Text:
+
+    This is a command-line interface to RT 3.0 or newer.
+
+    It allows you to interact with an RT server over HTTP, and offers an
+    interface to RT's functionality that is better-suited to automation
+    and integration with other tools.
+
+    In general, each invocation of this program should specify an action
+    to perform on one or more objects, and any other arguments required
+    to complete the desired action.
+
+    For more information:
+
+        - rt help usage         (syntax information)
+        - rt help objects       (how to specify objects)
+        - rt help actions       (a list of possible actions)
+        - rt help types         (a list of object types)
+
+        - rt help config        (configuration details)
+        - rt help examples      (a few useful examples)
+        - rt help topics        (a list of help topics)
+
+--
+
+Title: usage
+Title: syntax
+Text:
+
+    Syntax:
+
+        rt <action> [options] [arguments]
+      or
+        rt shell
+
+    Each invocation of this program must specify an action (e.g. "edit",
+    "create"), options to modify behaviour, and other arguments required
+    by the specified action. (For example, most actions expect a list of
+    numeric object IDs to act upon.)
+
+    The details of the syntax and arguments for each action are given by
+    "rt help <action>". Some actions may be referred to by more than one
+    name ("create" is the same as "new", for example).  
+
+    You may also call "rt shell", which will give you an 'rt>' prompt at
+    which you can issue commands of the form "<action> [options] 
+    [arguments]".  See "rt help shell" for details.
+
+    Objects are identified by a type and an ID (which can be a name or a
+    number, depending on the type). For some actions, the object type is
+    implied (you can only comment on tickets); for others, the user must
+    specify it explicitly. See "rt help objects" for details.
+
+    In syntax descriptions, mandatory arguments that must be replaced by
+    appropriate value are enclosed in <>, and optional arguments are
+    indicated by [] (for example, <action> and [options] above).
+
+    For more information:
+
+        - rt help objects       (how to specify objects)
+        - rt help actions       (a list of actions)
+        - rt help types         (a list of object types)
+        - rt help shell         (how to use the shell)
+
+--
+
+Title: conf
+Title: config
+Title: configuration
+Text:
+
+    This program has two major sources of configuration information: its
+    configuration files, and the environment.
+
+    The program looks for configuration directives in a file named .rtrc
+    (or $RTCONFIG; see below) in the current directory, and then in more
+    distant ancestors, until it reaches /. If no suitable configuration
+    files are found, it will also check for ~/.rtrc, /usr/local/etc/rt.conf
+    and /etc/rt.conf.
+
+    Configuration directives:
+
+        The following directives may occur, one per line:
+
+        - server <URL>          URL to RT server.
+        - user <username>       RT username.
+        - passwd <passwd>       RT user's password.
+        - query <RT Query>      Default RT Query for list action
+        - orderby <order>       Default RT order for list action
+        - queue <queuename>     Default RT Queue for list action
+        - externalauth <0|1>    Use HTTP Basic authentication
+         explicitely setting externalauth to 0 inhibits also GSSAPI based
+         authentication, if LWP::Authen::Negotiate (and GSSAPI) is installed
+
+        Blank and #-commented lines are ignored.
+
+    Sample configuration file contents:
+
+         server  https://rt.somewhere.com/
+         # more than one queue can be given (by adding a query expression)
+         queue helpdesk or queue=support
+         query Status != resolved and Owner=myaccount
+
+
+    Environment variables:
+
+        The following environment variables override any corresponding
+        values defined in configuration files:
+
+        - RTUSER
+        - RTPASSWD
+        - RTEXTERNALAUTH
+        - RTSERVER
+        - RTDEBUG       Numeric debug level. (Set to 3 for full logs.)
+        - RTCONFIG      Specifies a name other than ".rtrc" for the
+                        configuration file.
+        - RTQUERY       Default RT Query for rt list
+        - RTORDERBY     Default order for rt list
+
+--
+
+Title: objects
+Text:
+
+    Syntax:
+
+        <type>/<id>[/<attributes>]
+
+    Every object in RT has a type (e.g. "ticket", "queue") and a numeric
+    ID. Some types of objects can also be identified by name (like users
+    and queues). Furthermore, objects may have named attributes (such as
+    "ticket/1/history").
+
+    An object specification is like a path in a virtual filesystem, with
+    object types as top-level directories, object IDs as subdirectories,
+    and named attributes as further subdirectories.
+
+    A comma-separated list of names, numeric IDs, or numeric ranges can
+    be used to specify more than one object of the same type. Note that
+    the list must be a single argument (i.e., no spaces). For example,
+    "user/root,1-3,5,7-10,ams" is a list of ten users; the same list
+    can also be written as "user/ams,root,1,2,3,5,7,8-10".
+    
+    If just a number is given as object specification it will be
+    interpreted as ticket/<number>
+
+    Examples:
+
+        1                   # the same as ticket/1
+        ticket/1
+        ticket/1/attachments
+        ticket/1/attachments/3
+        ticket/1/attachments/3/content
+        ticket/1-3/links
+        ticket/1-3,5-7/history
+
+        user/ams
+
+    For more information:
+
+        - rt help <action>      (action-specific details)
+        - rt help <type>        (type-specific details)
+
+--
+
+Title: actions
+Title: commands
+Text:
+
+    You can currently perform the following actions on all objects:
+
+        - list          (list objects matching some condition)
+        - show          (display object details)
+        - edit          (edit object details)
+        - create        (create a new object)
+
+    Each type may define actions specific to itself; these are listed in
+    the help item about that type.
+
+    For more information:
+
+        - rt help <action>      (action-specific details)
+        - rt help types         (a list of possible types)
+
+    The following actions on tickets are also possible:
+
+        - comment       Add comments to a ticket
+        - correspond    Add comments to a ticket
+        - merge         Merge one ticket into another
+        - link          Link one ticket to another
+        - take          Take a ticket (steal and untake are possible as well)
+
+    For several edit set subcommands that are frequently used abbreviations
+    have been introduced. These abbreviations are:
+
+        - delete or del  delete a ticket           (edit set status=deleted)
+        - resolve or res resolve a ticket          (edit set status=resolved)
+        - subject        change subject of ticket  (edit set subject=string)
+        - give           give a ticket to somebody (edit set owner=user)
+
+--
+
+Title: types
+Text:
+
+    You can currently operate on the following types of objects:
+
+        - tickets
+        - users
+        - groups
+        - queues
+
+    For more information:
+
+        - rt help <type>        (type-specific details)
+        - rt help objects       (how to specify objects)
+        - rt help actions       (a list of possible actions)
+
+--
+
+Title: ticket
+Text:
+
+    Tickets are identified by a numeric ID.
+
+    The following generic operations may be performed upon tickets:
+
+        - list
+        - show
+        - edit
+        - create
+
+    In addition, the following ticket-specific actions exist:
+
+        - link
+        - merge
+        - comment
+        - correspond
+        - take
+        - steal
+        - untake
+        - give
+        - resolve
+        - delete
+        - subject
+
+    Attributes:
+
+        The following attributes can be used with "rt show" or "rt edit"
+        to retrieve or edit other information associated with tickets:
+
+        links                      A ticket's relationships with others.
+        history                    All of a ticket's transactions.
+        history/type/<type>        Only a particular type of transaction.
+        history/id/<id>            Only the transaction of the specified id.
+        attachments                A list of attachments.
+        attachments/<id>           The metadata for an individual attachment.
+        attachments/<id>/content   The content of an individual attachment.
+
+--
+
+Title: user
+Title: group
+Text:
+
+    Users and groups are identified by name or numeric ID.
+
+    The following generic operations may be performed upon them:
+
+        - list
+        - show
+        - edit
+        - create
+
+--
+
+Title: queue
+Text:
+
+    Queues are identified by name or numeric ID.
+
+    Currently, they can be subjected to the following actions:
+
+        - show
+        - edit
+        - create
+
+--
+
+Title: subject
+Text:
+
+    Syntax:
+
+        rt subject <id> <new subject text>
+
+    Change the subject of a ticket whose ticket id is given.
+
+--
+
+Title: give
+Text:
+
+    Syntax:
+
+        rt give <id> <accountname>
+
+    Give a ticket whose ticket id is given to another user.
+
+--
+
+Title: steal
+Text:
+
+        rt steal <id> 
+
+    Steal a ticket whose ticket id is given, i.e. set the owner to myself.
+
+--
+
+Title: take
+Text:
+
+    Syntax:
+
+        rt take <id>
+
+    Take a ticket whose ticket id is given, i.e. set the owner to myself.
+
+--
+
+Title: untake
+Text:
+
+    Syntax:
+
+        rt untake <id>
+
+    Untake a ticket whose ticket id is given, i.e. set the owner to Nobody.
+
+--
+
+Title: resolve
+Title: res
+Text:
+
+    Syntax:
+
+        rt resolve <id>
+
+    Resolves a ticket whose ticket id is given.
+
+--
+
+Title: delete
+Title: del
+Text:
+
+    Syntax:
+
+        rt delete <id>
+
+    Deletes a ticket whose ticket id is given.
+
+--
+
+Title: logout
+Text:
+
+    Syntax:
+
+        rt logout
+
+    Terminates the currently established login session. You will need to
+    provide authentication credentials before you can continue using the
+    server. (See "rt help config" for details about authentication.)
+
+--
+
+Title: ls
+Title: list
+Title: search
+Text:
+
+    Syntax:
+
+        rt <ls|list|search> [options] "query string"
+
+    Displays a list of objects matching the specified conditions.
+    ("ls", "list", and "search" are synonyms.)
+
+    Conditions are expressed in the SQL-like syntax used internally by
+    RT. (For more information, see "rt help query".) The query string
+    must be supplied as one argument.
+
+    (Right now, the server doesn't support listing anything but tickets.
+    Other types will be supported in future; this client will be able to
+    take advantage of that support without any changes.)
+
+    Options:
+
+        The following options control how much information is displayed
+        about each matching object:
+
+        -i             Numeric IDs only. (Useful for |rt edit -; see examples.)
+        -s             Short description.
+        -l             Longer description.
+        -f <field[s]   Display only the fields listed and the ticket id
+
+        In addition,
+        
+        -o +/-<field>  Orders the returned list by the specified field.
+        -r             reversed order (useful if a default was given)
+        -q queue[s]    restricts the query to the queue[s] given
+                       multiple queues are separated by comma
+        -S var=val     Submits the specified variable with the request.
+        -t type        Specifies the type of object to look for. (The
+                       default is "ticket".)
+
+    Examples:
+
+        rt ls "Priority > 5 and Status=new"
+        rt ls -o +Subject "Priority > 5 and Status=new"
+        rt ls -o -Created "Priority > 5 and Status=new"
+        rt ls -i "Priority > 5"|rt edit - set status=resolved
+        rt ls -t ticket "Subject like '[PATCH]%'"
+        rt ls -q systems
+        rt ls -f owner,subject
+
+--
+
+Title: show
+Text:
+
+    Syntax:
+
+        rt show [options] <object-ids>
+
+    Displays details of the specified objects.
+
+    For some types, object information is further classified into named
+    attributes (for example, "1-3/links" is a valid ticket specification
+    that refers to the links for tickets 1-3). Consult "rt help <type>"
+    and "rt help objects" for further details.
+
+    If only a number is given it will be interpreted as the objects
+    ticket/number and ticket/number/history
+
+    This command writes a set of forms representing the requested object
+    data to STDOUT.
+
+    Options:
+
+        The following options control how much information is displayed
+        about each matching object:
+
+        Without any formatting options prettyprinted output is generated.
+        Giving any of the two options below reverts to raw output.
+        -s      Short description (history and attachments only).
+        -l      Longer description (history and attachments only).
+
+        In addition,
+        -               Read IDs from STDIN instead of the command-line.
+        -t type         Specifies object type.
+        -f a,b,c        Restrict the display to the specified fields.
+        -S var=val      Submits the specified variable with the request.
+
+    Examples:
+
+        rt show -t ticket -f id,subject,status 1-3
+        rt show ticket/3/attachments/29
+        rt show ticket/3/attachments/29/content
+        rt show ticket/1-3/links
+        rt show ticket/3/history
+        rt show -l ticket/3/history
+        rt show -t user 2
+        rt show 2
+
+--
+
+Title: new
+Title: edit
+Title: create
+Text:
+
+    Syntax:
+
+        rt edit [options] <object-ids> set field=value [field=value] ...
+                                       add field=value [field=value] ...
+                                       del field=value [field=value] ...
+
+    Edits information corresponding to the specified objects.
+
+    A purely numeric object id nnn is translated into ticket/nnn
+
+    If, instead of "edit", an action of "new" or "create" is specified,
+    then a new object is created. In this case, no numeric object IDs
+    may be specified, but the syntax and behaviour remain otherwise
+    unchanged.
+
+    This command typically starts an editor to allow you to edit object
+    data in a form for submission. If you specified enough information
+    on the command-line, however, it will make the submission directly.
+
+    The command line may specify field-values in three different ways.
+    "set" sets the named field to the given value, "add" adds a value
+    to a multi-valued field, and "del" deletes the corresponding value.
+    Each "field=value" specification must be given as a single argument.
+
+    For some types, object information is further classified into named
+    attributes (for example, "1-3/links" is a valid ticket specification
+    that refers to the links for tickets 1-3). These attributes may also
+    be edited. Consult "rt help <type>" and "rt help object" for further
+    details.
+
+    Options:
+
+        -       Read numeric IDs from STDIN instead of the command-line.
+                (Useful with rt ls ... | rt edit -; see examples below.)
+        -i      Read a completed form from STDIN before submitting.
+        -o      Dump the completed form to STDOUT instead of submitting.
+        -e      Allows you to edit the form even if the command-line has
+                enough information to make a submission directly.
+        -S var=val
+                Submits the specified variable with the request.
+        -t type Specifies object type.
+
+    Examples:
+
+        # Interactive (starts $EDITOR with a form).
+        rt edit ticket/3
+        rt create -t ticket
+
+        # Non-interactive.
+        rt edit ticket/1-3 add cc=foo at example.com set priority=3 due=tomorrow
+        rt ls -t tickets -i 'Priority > 5' | rt edit - set status=resolved
+        rt edit ticket/4 set priority=3 owner=bar at example.com \
+                         add cc=foo at example.com bcc=quux at example.net
+        rt create -t ticket set subject='new ticket' priority=10 \
+                            add cc=foo at example.com
+
+--
+
+Title: comment
+Title: correspond
+Text:
+
+    Syntax:
+
+        rt <comment|correspond> [options] <ticket-id>
+
+    Adds a comment (or correspondence) to the specified ticket (the only
+    difference being that comments aren't sent to the requestors.)
+
+    This command will typically start an editor and allow you to type a
+    comment into a form. If, however, you specified all the necessary
+    information on the command line, it submits the comment directly.
+
+    (See "rt help forms" for more information about forms.)
+
+    Options:
+
+        -m <text>       Specify comment text.
+        -a <file>       Attach a file to the comment. (May be used more
+                        than once to attach multiple files.)
+        -c <addrs>      A comma-separated list of Cc addresses.
+        -b <addrs>      A comma-separated list of Bcc addresses.
+        -w <time>       Specify the time spent working on this ticket.
+        -e              Starts an editor before the submission, even if
+                        arguments from the command line were sufficient.
+
+    Examples:
+
+        rt comment -m 'Not worth fixing.' -a stddisclaimer.h 23
+
+--
+
+Title: merge
+Text:
+
+    Syntax:
+
+        rt merge <from-id> <to-id>
+
+    Merges the first ticket specified into the second ticket specified.
+
+--
+
+Title: link
+Text:
+
+    Syntax:
+
+        rt link [-d] <id-A> <link> <id-B>
+
+    Creates (or, with -d, deletes) a link between the specified tickets.
+    The link can (irrespective of case) be any of:
+
+        DependsOn/DependedOnBy:     A depends upon B (or vice versa).
+        RefersTo/ReferredToBy:      A refers to B (or vice versa).
+        MemberOf/HasMember:         A is a member of B (or vice versa).
+
+    To view a ticket's links, use "rt show ticket/3/links". (See
+    "rt help ticket" and "rt help show".)
+
+    Options:
+
+        -d      Deletes the specified link.
+
+    Examples:
+
+        rt link 2 dependson 3
+        rt link -d 4 referredtoby 6     # 6 no longer refers to 4
+
+--
+
+Title: query
+Text:
+
+    RT uses an SQL-like syntax to specify object selection constraints.
+    See the <RT:...> documentation for details.
+    
+    (XXX: I'm going to have to write it, aren't I?)
+
+    Until it exists here a short description of important constructs:
+
+    The two simple forms of query expressions are the constructs
+    Attribute like Value and
+    Attribute = Value or Attribute != Value
+
+    Whether attributes can be matched using like or using = is built into RT.
+    The attributes id, Queue, Owner Priority and Status require the = or !=
+    tests.
+
+    If Value is a string it must be quoted and may contain the wildcard
+    character %. If the string does not contain white space, the quoting
+    may however be omitted, it will be added automatically when parsing
+    the input.
+
+    Simple query expressions can be combined using and, or and parentheses
+    can be used to group expressions.
+
+    As a special case a standalone string (which would not form a correct
+    query) is transformed into (Owner='string' or Requestor like 'string%')
+    and added to the default query, i.e. the query is narrowed down.
+
+    If no Queue=name clause is contained in the query, a default clause
+    Queue=$config{queue} is added.
+
+    Examples:
+    Status!='resolved' and Status!='rejected'
+    (Owner='myaccount' or Requestor like 'myaccount%') and Status!='resolved'
+
+--
+
+Title: form
+Title: forms
+Text:
+
+    This program uses RFC822 header-style forms to represent object data
+    in a form that's suitable for processing both by humans and scripts.
+
+    A form is a set of (field, value) specifications, with some initial
+    commented text and interspersed blank lines allowed for convenience.
+    Field names may appear more than once in a form; a comma-separated
+    list of multiple field values may also be specified directly.
+    
+    Field values can be wrapped as in RFC822, with leading whitespace.
+    The longest sequence of leading whitespace common to all the lines
+    is removed (preserving further indentation). There is no limit on
+    the length of a value.
+
+    Multiple forms are separated by a line containing only "--\n".
+
+    (XXX: A more detailed specification will be provided soon. For now,
+    the server-side syntax checking will suffice.)
+
+--
+
+Title: topics
+Text:
+
+    Syntax:
+
+        rt help <topic>
+
+    Get help on any of the following subjects:
+
+        - tickets, users, groups, queues.
+        - show, edit, ls/list/search, new/create.
+
+        - query                                 (search query syntax)
+        - forms                                 (form specification)
+
+        - objects                               (how to specify objects)
+        - types                                 (a list of object types)
+        - actions/commands                      (a list of actions)
+        - usage/syntax                          (syntax details)
+        - conf/config/configuration             (configuration details)
+        - examples                              (a few useful examples)
+
+--
+
+Title: example
+Title: examples
+Text:
+
+    some useful examples
+
+    All the following list requests will be restricted to the default queue.
+    That can be changed by adding the option -q queuename
+
+    List all tickets that are not rejected/resolved
+        rt ls
+    List all tickets that are new and do not have an owner
+        rt ls "status=new and owner=nobody"
+    List all tickets which I have sent or of which I am the owner
+        rt ls myaccount
+    List all attributes for the ticket 6977 (ls -l instead of ls)
+        rt ls -l 6977
+    Show the content of ticket 6977
+        rt show 6977
+    Show all attributes in the ticket and in the history of the ticket
+        rt show -l 6977
+    Comment a ticket (mail is sent to all queue watchers, i.e. AdminCc's)
+        rt comment 6977
+        This will open an editor and lets you add text (attribute Text:)
+        Other attributes may be changed as well, but usually don't do that.
+    Correspond a ticket (like comment, but mail is also sent to requestors)
+        rt correspond 6977
+    Edit a ticket (generic change, interactive using the editor)
+        rt edit 6977
+    Change the owner of a ticket non interactively
+        rt edit 6977 set owner=myaccount
+        or
+        rt give 6977 account
+        or
+        rt take 6977
+    Change the status of a ticket
+        rt edit 6977 set status=resolved
+        or
+        rt resolve 6977
+    Change the status of all tickets I own to resolved !!!
+        rt ls -i owner=myaccount | rt edit - set status=resolved
+
+--
+
+Title: shell
+Text:
+
+    Syntax:
+
+        rt shell
+
+    Opens an interactive shell, at which you can issue commands of 
+    the form "<action> [options] [arguments]".
+
+    To exit the shell, type "quit" or "exit".
+
+    Commands can be given at the shell in the same form as they would 
+    be given at the command line without the leading 'rt' invocation.
+
+    Example:
+        $ rt shell
+        rt> create -t ticket set subject='new' add cc=foo at example.com
+        # Ticket 8 created.
+        rt> quit
+        $
+
+--
+
+Title: take
+Title: untake
+Title: steal
+Text:
+
+    Syntax:
+
+        rt <take|untake|steal> <ticket-id>
+
+    Sets the owner of the specified ticket to the current user, 
+    assuming said user has the bits to do so, or releases the 
+    ticket.  
+    
+    'Take' is used on tickets which are not currently owned 
+    (Owner: Nobody), 'steal' is used on tickets which *are* 
+    currently owned, and 'untake' is used to "release" a ticket 
+    (reset its Owner to Nobody).  'Take' cannot be used on
+    tickets which are currently owned.
+
+    Example:
+        alice$ rt create -t ticket set subject="New ticket"
+        # Ticket 7 created.
+        alice$ rt take 7
+        # Owner changed from Nobody to alice
+        alice$ su bob
+        bob$ rt steal 7
+        # Owner changed from alice to bob
+        bob$ rt untake 7
+        # Owner changed from bob to Nobody
+
+--
+
+Title: quit
+Title: exit
+Text:
+
+    Use "quit" or "exit" to leave the shell.  Only valid within shell 
+    mode.
+
+    Example:
+        $ rt shell
+        rt> quit
+        $
+
+__END__
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+rt - command-line interface to RT 3.0 or newer
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+    rt help
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+This script allows you to interact with an RT server over HTTP, and offers an
+interface to RT's functionality that is better-suited to automation and
+integration with other tools.
+
+In general, each invocation of this program should specify an action to
+perform on one or more objects, and any other arguments required to complete
+the desired action.
+
diff --git a/t/basic.t b/t/basic.t
index 104fac3..bf7a300 100644
--- a/t/basic.t
+++ b/t/basic.t
@@ -2,7 +2,12 @@ use strict;
 use Test::More;
 use RT::Client::CLI;
 
-# replace with the actual test
-ok 1;
+use File::Spec;
+my ($vol, $dir, $file) = File::Spec->splitpath(__FILE__);
+my $rt = File::Spec->catpath($vol, "$dir/../script/", "rt");
+
+ok(-e $rt, "script/rt found");
+ok(system($^X, "-c", $rt) == 0, "script/rt compiles");
+ok(system($^X, $rt, "help") == 0, "script/rt help exits without error");
 
 done_testing;

commit 26f4d64b455a7d56145968d5210dd8694adfed75
Author: Thomas Sibley <trs at bestpractical.com>
Date:   Wed May 29 10:48:49 2013 -0700

    A quick utility to update script/rt automatically

diff --git a/devel/import-rt b/devel/import-rt
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a06b597
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/import-rt
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+SERVER=http://download.bestpractical.com/pub/rt/release/
+FILE=${1:-rt.tar.gz}
+
+if [[ "$FILE" =~ "^http://" ]]; then
+    URL="$FILE"
+else
+    URL="$SERVER$FILE"
+fi
+
+echo "Downloading and extracting $URL..."
+curl -s $URL \
+    | tar xzvpf - --wildcards rt-*/bin/rt.in -O \
+    | perl -pe 's,\@PERL\@.*$,/usr/bin/env perl,;s,\@LOCAL_ETC_PATH\@,/usr/local/etc,g;' > script/rt
+
+if [[ $? == 0 ]]; then
+    echo "Placeholders rewritten."
+    echo
+    echo "Please check the changes using \`git diff\`."
+else
+    echo "An error occurred!"
+fi

commit aed23298640a0c14c351c8aa9fe0cfff2d6b623e
Author: Thomas Sibley <trs at bestpractical.com>
Date:   Wed May 29 11:01:33 2013 -0700

    Don't index devel/ or the Session package in script/rt

diff --git a/META.json b/META.json
index 1ec2775..01e31e0 100644
--- a/META.json
+++ b/META.json
@@ -15,12 +15,11 @@
    "name" : "RT-Client-CLI",
    "no_index" : {
       "directory" : [
-         "t",
-         "xt",
-         "inc",
-         "share",
-         "eg",
-         "examples"
+         "devel",
+         "t"
+      ],
+      "package" : [
+         "Session"
       ]
    },
    "optional_features" : {
diff --git a/dist.ini b/dist.ini
index bd6b938..2514a12 100644
--- a/dist.ini
+++ b/dist.ini
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 [@Milla]
 
-name = Dist-Zilla-Plugin-AutoMetaResources
-
 [AutoMetaResources]
 bugtracker.rt      = 1
 repository.github  = user:bestpractical
 homepage           = https://metacpan.org/module/%{dist}
+
+[MetaNoIndex]
+directory = devel
+directory = t
+package   = Session

commit e894992e8631a73d7b47e10bcd1f8845e8aad295
Author: Thomas Sibley <trs at bestpractical.com>
Date:   Wed May 29 11:24:02 2013 -0700

    Import from github to allow imports from stable/master
    
    Also quicker than downloading the entire tarball.

diff --git a/devel/import-rt b/devel/import-rt
index a06b597..d358ef6 100755
--- a/devel/import-rt
+++ b/devel/import-rt
@@ -1,16 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-SERVER=http://download.bestpractical.com/pub/rt/release/
-FILE=${1:-rt.tar.gz}
+VERSION=${1:-stable}
+SOURCE="curl -s https://raw.github.com/bestpractical/rt/$VERSION/bin/rt.in"
 
-if [[ "$FILE" =~ "^http://" ]]; then
-    URL="$FILE"
-else
-    URL="$SERVER$FILE"
-fi
-
-echo "Downloading and extracting $URL..."
-curl -s $URL \
-    | tar xzvpf - --wildcards rt-*/bin/rt.in -O \
+echo "Importing from $VERSION"
+echo "Downloading..."
+curl -s $SOURCE \
     | perl -pe 's,\@PERL\@.*$,/usr/bin/env perl,;s,\@LOCAL_ETC_PATH\@,/usr/local/etc,g;' > script/rt
 
 if [[ $? == 0 ]]; then

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